0 the final remark in an argument or discussion:
Painstaking and comprehensive they may be, but the last word they are not.
It should be the last word for a very long time.
The last word in the sentence appeared with a period.
This is by no means the last word on the subject.
They were instructed to read each sentence aloud and to recall the last word of each sentence.
However, pragmatics not pundits may have the last word.
In such situations the ventral system is called into play, and it has the "last word" in determining the conscious percept.
This issue provides an overview of the state-of-the-art, but it is certainly not the last word.
